[Pidgin] #8407: gnutls: Handshake failed. Error A TLS packet with unexpected length was received. => MSN never connects

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#8407: gnutls: Handshake failed. Error A TLS packet with unexpected length was
received. => MSN never connects
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 Reporter:  doublehp  |           Owner:  khc  
     Type:  defect    |          Status:  new  
Component:  MSN       |         Version:  2.5.4
 Keywords:            |   Launchpad_bug:       
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 some times, when i start pidgin with MSN accoutns configured, the status
 line can stay "Online ... connecting" for hours. I usually see it when,
 after 10mn ... I still cant find my MSN friends in my list. Then i see
 that pidging did not yet connect all my accounts. This happens only with
 MSN, always with the same account, and only since pidgin 2.5.4 . I am
 using Gaim since even before version 0.9 and I never had this problem
 before.

 Pidgin should reconnect , or retry after 5 mn. Thus, there are two bugs in
 this report:
 - pidgin having a funny TLS problem
 - pidgin NOT reconnecting every 5 mn when meeting "some" errors

 This usually occurs when I start my PC in the morning. when pidgin has
 this error, I can chat with other accounts and protos; as long as I dont
 touch the status line, or the concerned MSN account, it can stay like this
 for hours. I frequently see this problem 30mn long ... when i am too lazy
 to click or reconnect.

 When i have this, i usually disable the concerned MSN account, and re-
 enable it. It usually works fine. I can alternatively restart pidgin.

 I would say that the frequency of the bug is around 1:4 ... or 1:3 .

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